The Santa Cruz de Natal Sentinel
Squad17 Apr 2028
The knee: Fernando Neto out for 89 days
89 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Santa Cruz de Natal lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Match15 Apr 2028
6 matches without a win for Santa Cruz de Natal
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Santa Cruz de Natal are no longer polite ones.
The dugout17 Apr 2028
Marcelo Bezerra: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Santa Cruz de Natal have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad17 Apr 2028
A falling-out at Santa Cruz de Natal
Caio Araújo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
3 academy players handed senior numbers at Santa Cruz de Natal
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match15 Apr 2028
Santa Cruz de Natal come up short against Ferroviário
Ferroviário left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Words at Santa Cruz de Natal training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Elivelton is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match15 Apr 2028
Santa Cruz de Natal leaking at the back
4 matches, two or more conceded in every one of them. Sides that create as much as this can live with it for a while. Nobody lives with it forever.
Market17 Apr 2028
André Soares steps up from the Santa Cruz de Natal academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. André Soares has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Márcio Silva joins the Santa Cruz de Natal first team
- Market One of our own: Pedro Lima joins the Santa Cruz de Natal first team
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Felipe Redaelli